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Support Groups

Support Groups Provide...

  • A place to discover you are not alone.
  • A safe environment where confidentiality of shared information is respected.
  • Support in understanding, coping with and managing Alzheimer's disease.
  • Help in locating and utilizing community resources.
  • Current information and research.

Support groups are free and open to...

  • Those with a family member or friend with Alzheimer's disease or a related dementia.
  • Those caring for a person with dementia at home.
  • Those whose loved ones are in a nursing home.

West Virginia Chapter Family Support Groups

County Time/Dates Location Contact/Ph.
Athens, OH 5:30 PM Second Tuesday Athens Community Center Lisa Snyder or Kathy Hunter, 740-797-4561
Athens, OH 2:00 PM Fourth Sunday Coolville United Methodist, Coolville Reverend Bell, 740-667-3351
Berkeley 7:30 PM Third Wednesday City Hospital 4th Floor, Martinsburg Kathy Weaver, 304-264-8106
Cabell 1:00 PM, Second Thursday The Woodlands, 1 Bradley Foster Drive, Huntington Leala Zappia, 304-697-1620
Cabell 7:00 PM, Last Wednesday Underwood Senior Center, 632 9th Ave., Huntington Terry Cunningham, 304-744-7634
Cabell * 7:00 PM, Second Wednesday Underwood Senior Center Terry Cunningham, 304-744-7649 or Richard Sexton, 304-736-6052
Cabell * 4:00 PM, Third Monday SarahCare, Barboursville Kelly Shivel, 304-736-3005
Cabell 1:00 PM, Third Tuesday Heritage Center, Huntington Robin Cliff-Korne, 304-525-7622
Fayette Third Thursday, 2:00 PM Hidden Valley, Oak Hill Debbie Treadway, 304-465-1903
Fayette 4:30 PM, Third Tuesday Montgomery General Elderly Care Terri Jones, 304-442-7499, ext. 390
Gilmer Third Tuesday, 10:30 AM Gilmer County Senior Center Nicki, 304-462-5718
Greenbrier 2:00 PM, Fourth Monday Old Stone Presbyterian Church Library, Lewisburg Terry Cunningham, 304-744-7634
Hancock 6:00 PM, Third Monday Weirton Geriatric Center, 3rd Floor Dining Room Mary Ann Boyd, 304-723-4300
Harrison 6:00 PM, Second Tuesday Harrison County Senior Center, Clarksburg Carolyn Jones, 304-366-4750 ext. 111
Jackson 6:00 PM, First Tuesday Jackson General Hospital Ken Stewart, 304-865-6775
Kanawha 11:45 AM, Second Wednesday Charleston Gardens, Charleston, Lunch provided Tammy Oaks, 304-343-6600
Kanawha 1:00 PM, First Thursday Hansford Senior Center, St. Albans Nancy Cipoletti, 304-344-9243
Kanawha 1:30 PM, Second Tuesday Quarry Manor, Charleston Andi Nelson, 304-925-4663
Kanawha 6:00 PM, Fourth Tuesday Marmet Center, Marmet Mary Young, 304-949-1580
Kanawha 7:00 PM, Third Tuesday First Presbyterian Church, Education Bldg Room 301, Terry Cunningham, 304-744-7634
Kanawha 2:00 PM, Second Friday Golden Living Center, Glasgow Brandy Bowles, 304-595-1155
Kanawha 3:30 PM, Third Thursday SunBridge Rehab for Dunbar Lisa Snyder, 304-744-4761
Kanawha 11:45 AM, First Wednesday Spouses of Individuals with Early Onset Chapter office, 304-343-2717
Marion 2:00 PM, Last Thursday John Manchin Senior Center, Fairmont Judy Labdik 304-363-2500
Marion 6:00 PM, First Tuesday Family Services of Marion Co., Fairmont Carolyn Jones, 304-363-2500
Marshall 6:00 PM, Fourth Tuesday Marshall County Senior Center, Moundsville Peggy Everly, 304-232-6730
McDowell 12:30 PM, Third Wednesday McDowell Commission on Aging, Welch Juanita Bishop, 304-256-2619 or Becky Reed, 304-256-2635
Meigs (OH) 10:30 AM, First Friday Meigs County Senior Center Kathy McDaniel or Lenora Leifheit, 740-992-7400
Mercer 5:30 PM, Third Tuesday Princeton Health Care Center Vickie Jessee, 304-487-3458
Monongalia 7:00 PM, First Wednesday Alzheimer’s Assoc. Office 1299 Pineview Dr., Morgantown Regional Office, 304-599-1159
Monroe (OH) 2:00 PM, Second Wednesday Woodsfield Nursing and Rehab Sue Hines, 740-472-1678
Morgan (OH) 2:00 PM, Third Tuesday McConnell Manor, Linda Tompkins, 740-962-3761
Ohio 6:00 PM, Third Tuesday MJ Viola Senior Center, Wheeling Peggy Everly, 304-232-6730
Preston 7:00 PM, Third Monday Heartland of Preston Melissa Groves, 304-329-3195
Putnam 6:00 PM, Third Thursday Broadmore Assisted Living Susan Stover, LPN, 304-757-4778
Putnam 6:00 PM, Third Thursday Regency Place Connie Hill, 304-757-3104
Raleigh 2:00 PM, Third Thursday Raleigh County Commission on Aging Terri Tilley, 304-252-5606
Randolph 6:30 PM, Fourth Wednesday Colonial Place Melissa McGee, 304-636-8600
Tyler To schedule an evening appt or a private meeting with a nurse Middlebourne Senior Center Betsy Carpenter, 304-758-4919
Upshur 4:00 PM, Last Thursday St. Joseph’s Hospital Jean Howard, 304-473-2000
Washington (OH) 2:00 PM, Second Saturday O’Neill Senior Center Lois Sizemore, 740-374-8304
Washington (OH) 3:00 PM, Second Tuesday Marietta Center Brenda Truex, 740-373-1867
Wood 1:00 PM, First Wednesday Emmanuel Baptist Church, Parkersburg Joe Lantz, 304-420-7124
Wood 6:00 PM, Fourth Tuesday Mid Ohio Valley Regional Office, Parkersburg Ken Stewart, 304-865-6775

*Adult day care services provided free of charge.


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